Elliot Roth

Elliot is the former founder of Spira, a biomanufacturing company that creates carbon-negative materials from engineered algae grown by a global network of farms and current Head of Strategic Partnerships and Venture Portfolio in Agriculture at Deep Science Ventures. He started multiple independent laboratories including IndieLab RVA, Biopunk Society and Cellsius. He is a Kairos, Future Founders and Halcyon Fellow, holds a degree in biomedical engineering; previously started 7 companies, 2 nonprofits, studied synthetic biology for 12 years and worked for 5 years as a product consultant. He is incredibly motivated to solve physiological needs using simple biological design and enabling access to the tools of biotechnology. In his spare time he plays music, and participates in space analog missions while residing in San Francisco.